Summary

  • England chase down 169-6 with 33 balls to spare

  • Salt hammers brilliant 88 off 41 balls

  • Pakistan recover from slow start (15-2) to post 169-6

  • Babar anchors Pakistan with sublime 87 off 59

  • Pakistan now level at 3-3 with one to play (Lahore, Sunday, 15:30 BST)

  1. England beat Pakistan to level series 3-3published at 14.3 overs
    Breaking

    Eng (170-2) beat Pakistan (169-6) by eight wickets

    Driven for one. Sensational England take us to a decider.

    Phil Salt was stunning and England have walked this match with 33 balls to spare.

  2. Eng 169-2published at 14.2 overs

    Target 170

    Duckett pulls for one, scores are level.. Phil Salt on 86 off 40 will have the chance to hit the winning runs.

  3. Eng 168-2published at 14.1 overs

    Target 170

    Single from Salt. Two more needed.

  4. Eng 167-2published at 14 overs

    Target 170

    Wide from Wasim. Three to win.

  5. Eng 166-2published at 14 overs

    Target 170

    DuckettImage source, Getty Images

    Make that four runs needed. Ben Duckett pulls to the boundary.

  6. Eng 162-2published at 13.5 overs

    Target 170

    Leg-bye. England need eight off 37.

  7. Eng 159-2published at 13.2 overs

    Target 170

    Nearly finished.

    Phil Salt clubs another one off Aamer Jamal for four. Nobody wants to bowl for Pakistan right now.

  8. Eng 155-2published at 13 overs

    Duckett 20, Salt 81

    The over is finished with a Ben Duckett four as the England batter skids one to the ropes.

    15 more needed to win.

    The worm shows England are 58 runs ahead of Pakistan. England are 155 for 2 after 13 overs. At the same stage Pakistan were 97 for 3.
  9. Not outpublished at 12.4 overs

    Eng 150-2

    Not out. Salt never left his crease.

  10. Postpublished at 18:34 British Summer Time 30 September 2022

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket writer

    There was a bit of WG Grace about Phil Salt putting the bails back on - "they've come to watch me bat, not watch you keep".

  11. Umpire reviewpublished at 12.4 overs

    Has Phil Salt been stumped on 80?

  12. Eng 150-2published at 12.2 overs

    Target 170

    Two more singles off Nawaz bring up England's 150.

    We've had less than 13 overs. Incredible.

  13. Postpublished at 18:31 British Summer Time 30 September 2022

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket writer

    How do England fit all these batters in? Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone and Ben Stokes all have to come into the team for the T20 World Cup.

  14. Eng 148-2published at 12 overs

    Target 170

    Finishes with a two.

    Phil Salt will be on strike for the next over. 22 needed off 48.

  15. Postpublished at 18:30 British Summer Time 30 September 2022

    Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    SaltImage source, Getty Images

    For England, it's about getting the job done and emphatically as possible.

  16. Postpublished at 18:30 British Summer Time 30 September 2022

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket writer

    Ben Duckett isn't thinking about letting Phil Salt get his ton.

  17. Eng 146-2published at 11.4 overs

    Duckett 13, Salt 79

    Guys, I don't think Phil Salt isn't going to have enough runs left to make a hundred.

    Ben Duckett sweeps for back-to-back fours.

  18. Eng 142-2published at 11.3 overs

    Target 170

    Ben DuckettImage source, Getty Images

    There's the Ben Duckett trademark reverse-sweep as he strikes Shadab to the ropes for four.

    England need 28.

  19. Eng 137-2published at 11.1 overs

    Salt 78, Duckett 5

    How's your luck? A thick edge from Phil Salt off the bowling of Shadab gives him two more runs.

  20. Eng 135-2published at 11 overs

    Target 170

    Two runs to finish Nawaz's over. England need 35 runs off 54 balls to win. It's not when, it's if.